Shoppers Drug Mart

Actually the worst! I waited 45 mins at the pharmacy because the student didn’t know my insurance company’s number? I suggested to Google it. After that, I still waited for ages for her to even give me a NASAL SPRAY. I am exhausted so I ended up paying full price for the stupid spray and by then it was too late (1.5 hours later) to go to other Pharmacies. Terrible!

The woman who was helping me at the beauty counter made me feel incredibly uncomfortable. I was holding a couple of products and looking to compare them, and she took the more expensive one from me and insisted I keep it behind the counter. Usually I don’t read into these kinds of encounters so much but her distrust of me was pretty blatant and completely unwarranted. Also, after I made my purchase amounting to $ 200 later on, she bagged all my items and somehow forgot about giving it to me before she went off to help another customer. Really don’t feel good about my experience here at all.

This review is specifically for the pharmacy at this location. Everyone who works here is super professional, but also relaxed and approachable.
I never have to wait very long for new prescriptions and they are happy to contact my Doctor’s office directly to arrange a renewal. This saves me a lot of time since my Doctor is harder to get a hold of than God.
The pharmacist always makes sure to give verbal instructions for any new medication and is happy to discuss any side effects or issues with standing prescriptions.

This Shoppers has all the bases covered with the addition of the second storey space which used to house parties with music cranked and clearly heard with the previous Shoppers before the second floor was added. Of course now the pharmacy and post office are at the farthest reaches of the store to let you walk by all the other products and get you to impulse buy. If you want to use the elevator instead of the narrow staircase going upstairs, it is near the checkout on the main floor, west end. The food refrigerators are lined up along the west wall. For the ladies looking for a quick fix while carousing down Queen West, there is a makeup counter too. The pharmacy has been reliable with excellent service and couples well with nearby Queen West Community Health Centre.

Worst store ever. The shelves are always messy, and empty! This location has serious issues keeping up with supply & demand, especially on sale items.
Employees are scarce, and when you do see one, they look perpetually confused.
Long, very slow moving checkout line. Good thing they have a large selection of celeb gossip mags to flip through, while you wait in line for 15 minutes. So frustrating!!! I avoid this location, when I can.

This is one of the best Shoppers around. Since their 2^nd floor addition and complete renovation, this location has EVERYTHING. Like really. Tons of groceries, tons of soda, and all the cosmetics and diapers you can handle.
Good pharmacy as well… very friendly and helpful. (also love that you can preorder your prescriptions for pickup online at any Shoppers).
This is my go-​to place for cheap food… well, cheaper than Kitchen Table, that is.

They even sell jewelry!
This place is excellent for anything you need late at night when every other convenience-​type store has closed.
Extra star awarded for having every conceivable flavour of chips/​crisps.

Want to see what your neighbourhood is really all about? Go to the drug store. That would be the acid test for the type of people that surround you. For example, the Shoppers Drug Mart near me (
) is typically filled with new mothers, young trendies, and the usual pretty people. How I made the cut is beyond me. The other Shoppers that I go to, this one, is mere blocks away and has a way different story to tell.
Down in the grimier area of not-​quite-​Queen-​West-​but-​not-​Parkdale-​either, it’s surrounded by the Goth clubs, slice pizza places, and can have people around it that are best described as «colourful». When you peruse the aisles of this Shoppers, they’re pretty much prepared for everything. This is an old-​school Shoppers without the niceties of the large cosmetics area greeting you, but there is much more to be found. The aisles are narrow and shelves are packed, making the most of the space that they have available.
It’s clean enough considering the neighbourhood, but the big draw for me is the post office at the back corner of the store. The folks that provide the mail service are behind one of the smallest such counters I’ve ever seen and despite any line ups that occur, they never get flustered and deal with everyone efficiently and kindly. And to be fair, they’ve had to deal with their fair share of colourful people.